Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2016
CVE-2016-7165 Privilege Escalation flaw affects many Siemens solutions

Siemens released security updates and temporary fixes to fix a privilege escalation flaw, tracked CVE-2016-7165, that affects several industrial products. Siemens has released security updates and temporary fixes to address a privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked CVE-2016-7165, that affects several industrial products. The flaw could be exploited by attackers to escalate their privileges if the flawed products […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2016
Microsoft patches CVE-2016-7255 Windows zero-day exploited by Fancy Bear

Microsoft has issued a security patch that fixes the zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-7255 exploited by Russian hackers. Microsoft has issued security patches that fixed also the zero-day vulnerability exploited by Russian hackers. One of the zero-days tracked as CVE-2016-7255  has been patched in the MS16-135 bulletin that also addresses two information disclosure and three […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2016
Adobe issued security patches for 9 Flash Player flaws reported via ZDI

Adobe released security updates that address nine vulnerabilities in Flash Player that could be exploited for remote code execution. Adobe has released security updates to address one vulnerability in Connect for Windows and nine arbitrary code execution flaws in the Flash Player product. The patches issued by the company for Adobe Flash Player are available for […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2016
Cisco patched critical flaws in 900 series routers and Prime Home server

Cisco issued patches for two critical vulnerabilities affecting several products, including Cisco 900 Series Routers and Cisco Prime Home servers. Cisco has issued patches for two critical vulnerabilities affecting several products, including Cisco 900 Series Routers and Cisco Prime Home server and cloud-based network management platform. The company published two security advisories to report the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2016
Hospitals of the National Health Service (NHS) network were paralyzed by a malware

A malware compromised the NHS network, hundreds of scheduled operations, appointments, and diagnostic procedures have been canceled. The situation is becoming even more worrying and dangerous, healthcare  industry continues to be targeted by hackers and malware. Cyber attacks on hospitals is a disconcerting trend emerged across the years, they represent a serious threat for data […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2016
Critical DOM XSS flaw on Wix.com put million websites at risk

A DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in the cloud-based development platform Wix.com put million websites at risk. The cloud-based development platform Wix.com is affected by a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to gain full control over any website running on the popular platform. Millions of websites hosted on Wix.com are potentially […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2016
Sundown exploit kit – Conquering the criminal underground

Cisco Talos group analyzed the evolution of the Sundown exploit kit that over the past six months has become responsible for a large number of infections. Over the past months, the threat landscape for exploit kits is rapidly changing. Angler EK, Neutrino EK, and Nuclear EK that for years monopolized the criminal underground disappeared. Now, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2016
An information disclosure flaw still impacts SAP Systems to the Internet

Experts from ERPScan revealed that a SAP flaw patched in September still impacts more than 900 SAP systems exposed to the Internet. An information disclosure vulnerability in SAP that was patched in September impacts more than 900 SAP systems that are exposed to the Internet. According to the expert Sergiu Popa from Quenta Solutions who reported the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2016
Philip Hammond invokes an active defence of UK hacking back the attackers

The British Government announces an active defence posture in response to nation-state cyber attacks, Chancellor warns UK will retaliate against attacks. Hacking back, or “active defence” as security experts prefer to call it, is becoming a high debated argument. While the number of cyber attacks continues to increase and attackers are using even more sophisticated techniques, many Governments […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2016
Red Cross Blood Service incident. The Australian largest ever leak of Personal data

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service confirmed the data leak that exposed a backup database containing the personal details of donors. This data leak is considered by security experts one of the most severe due to the nature of the target, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. The sensitive database was discovered on October 24 by […]